Overview
The Quick Answer
If you like flying trips of a certain length bid this feature.
The Manual
Prefer Pairing Length add pairings of a desired length in calendar days.
Bidliner Insight
This property allows you to request a desired pairing length (in calendar days). You may use this property more than once in the same layer, however; bidding different pairing lengths in the same layer are considered of equal importance.
This property does not specify the number of duty periods within a pairing. For example, selecting 3-day pairings may result in a pairing pool with 2- and 3-duty period, 3-days.
If you Bid Restrictive Workblocks from Line properties make sure they allow for the pairing lengths as well. (example: bidding a maximum work block of 3 days in the same layer as 4 day trips is generally not a solvable layer)
The Manual
Prefer Pairing Length add pairings of a desired length in calendar days.
Bidliner Bullets
- This property allows you to request a desired pairing length (in calendar days).
- You may use this property more than once in the same layer,
- Bidding different pairing lengths in the same layer are considered of equal importance. (1 day or 2 day or 3 day)
- This property does not specify the number of duty periods within a pairing. For example, selecting 3-day pairings may result in a pairing pool with 2- and 3-duty period, 3-days.
- If you Bid Restrictive Workblocks from Line properties make sure they allow for the pairing lengths as well. (example: bidding a maximum work block of 3 days in the same layer as 4 day trips is generally not a solvable layer)
Caution
- Be sure to Bid enough Pairings. One rule of thumb is to multiply your Line Holder seniority plus 15% times the number of pairings (available to you) in your bid status.
- Do NOT bid Prefer Pairing Length with Line Properties Pairing Mix in a Work Block.
- Do NOT bid Prefer Pairing Length 1 with the following Pairing Properties, as they will remove all 1-Day pairings from that layer’s pool: Number of Duty Periods (greater than 1)
- Mid Pairing Report
- Mid Pairing Release
- Max First Duty Period Length
- Max Last Duty Period Length
- Prefer one leg on first duty period
- Prefer one leg on last duty period
- Prefer DH on First Leg
- Prefer DH on Last Leg
- (Consider bidding specific 1 day pairings if this occurs - Pairing ID or Pairing ID on Date)
- The following properties WILL INCLUDE pairing length of 1 day even if they are bid in conjunction with multi-day pairing properties:
- Prefer Layover City
- Avoid Layover City
- Prefer Layover City on Date 4. Layover Length at City
- Min Layover Length
- Max Layover Length
- ALWAYS REVIEW EACH LAYERS PAIRINGS.
